Comments for the name Iola

I tkink Iola is a very pretty name, pronounced the Welsh way, Yo-lah.

Iola was Mama's annoying neighbor on the TV show 'Mama's Family'.

I think this is a pretty name, either in its own right or as a nickname for Iolanthe. Now that Lola and Isla are climbing the name charts I can't understand why Iola, more refined than Lola in my opinion and prettier than Isla in my opinion, isn't also on the rise.

A character in the musical Parade is named Iola and they pronounce it "IE-o-la". The musical is set in the south in the early 20th century.

Iola is a very pretty name. It would be a good alternative to Iona, without the dreaded "I own a" jokes.

While it is rare today, Iola was actually somewhat common in the early 1900s and was briefly in the top 300. So the label "rare" is misleading. [noted -ed]

In Wales it's used as a female version of Iolo.

In Wales, pronounced YO-lah.

Iola Morton is Joe Hardy's girlfriend in "The Hardy Boys" mystery series.

Iola Leroy was the main character in the novel of the same name written by Frances Harper. It is about a girl, Iola, who was briefly enslaved just before the Civil War after her father dies and it is revealed her mother is a former slave of mixed race. The novel follows her choice to live as an African American. It is one of the first novels published by an African American woman, and a very good read.